wallflower

noun

1. 桂竹香（一种园艺植物，暮春开花，呈黄、橙、红色）
   a garden plant with yellow, orange or red flowers with a sweet smell that appear in late spring
2. （舞会或聚会上因无舞伴或腼腆）待在一旁的人，壁花
   a person who does not dance at a party because they do not have sb to dance with or because they are too shy

1. 桂竹香
   A wallflower is a plant that is grown in gardens and has sweet-smelling yellow, red, orange, or purple flowers.
2. N-COUNT 墙花(在社交场合因害羞而没有舞伴或不与人交谈的人）
   If you say that someone is a wallflower, you mean that they are shy and do not get involved in dancing or talking to people at social events.
   1. I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
      我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。

1. I was something of a wallflower; I was terribly shy.
   我算是朵墙花，因为我特别害羞。
2. Centered around the sensitivity of a brilliant, but troubled, teen named Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an honest and adult-themed story that will likely resonate with your own experiences.
   故事是围绕着一个很优秀但是很敏感，而且还遇上了些麻烦的少年&查理讲述的。《壁花少年》讲述的是一个真实的成年人社会的故事，这也能引起读者的共鸣。
3. I felt so sorry for this wallflower at the school dance last night that I asked her to dance.
   昨晚在学校的那个舞会上，我为那个坐在那里老不跳舞的女孩感到很不好受，所以我就过去请他跳舞。
4. Scientists at Cambridge University have used medical scanners to pinpoint brain features that identify someone as being a likeable "people person" or a wallflower.
   剑桥大学的科学家们使用医用扫描仪，找出一些大脑特征，可以用来鉴别某人是一个可爱的“与人相处融洽的人”，还是不太合群不受欢迎的人。
5. There she is in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, all sweet and giddy, speaking with an American accent as Sam, a lost soul trying to find her footing as a high school senior.
   在电影《壁花少年》中，她出演萨姆一角。这是一个甜美、轻浮的高中高年级学生形象，操着一口美式口音，浑浑噩噩，试图寻找自己的立足之处。
6. The Wallflower: This is a shy, submissive individual who holds the glass protectively, not letting go, as though afraid somebody will take it away.
   壁花类：这类人很腼腆很顺从，他们拿酒杯的姿势具有保护意味，不会轻易松手，就像怕别人拿走一样。
7. The Harry Potter star, 21, was photographed smooching 24-year-old Simmons-her co-star in upcoming movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower-outside a restaurant in California earlier this week.
   本周早前在加利福尼亚一家餐馆外21岁的艾玛被拍到和24岁的Simmons在街头接吻，Simmons是艾玛即将上映的新片《壁花少年》中的搭档。
8. For instance, I'm never going to be a wallflower, but that doesn't mean I can't take a serious look at my talking habits and alter some aspects for the better& working within my personality.
   比方说，我永远当不成壁花，但这并不是说我没法认真看待自己的说话习惯，改善自己的某些部分&在自己的人格范围内进行努力。
9. It wasn't an outfit designed for a camera shy wallflower.
   这套装扮可不是给一朵面对镜头就害羞的“壁花”女人所设计的哦。
10. But I never go dancing if I don't have a partner because I don't want to be a wallflower.
    我也很喜欢听音乐，但是，在没有舞伴的时候，我从来不去跳舞，因为我不要当壁花小姐。
11. I want to invite that wallflower to dance, she hasn't have danced with someone till now!
    我想邀请那个受到冷落的女子跳舞，她到现在都还没有和任何人跳过。
12. This insurance company is just a wallflower to me.
    我对这家保险公司毫无兴趣。
13. Sooner or later someone would take pity on the poor wallflower and ask her to dance.
    迟早会有人怜悯那位可怜兮兮的腼腆姑娘，请她跳舞的。
14. The Wallflower represents a shy, submissive individual who holds the glass protectively.
    局外人则自我保护意识强，胆小温和，一直紧握酒杯；
15. Step forward to dance, Mary, don't be such a wallflower.
    走出来跳舞，玛丽，不要当壁花。
16. She'd rather leave early than be a wallflower.
    她宁愿早点离去，而不愿当壁花。
17. 42. The wallflower is so called because its weak stems often grow on walls and along stony cliffs for support.
    42.墙花之所以叫墙花，是因为其脆弱的枝干经常要靠墙壁或顺石崖生长，以便有所依附。
18. She didn't like being a wallflower so she walked up to a young man who was also sitting alone and invited him to dance.
    她不喜欢做壁花，所以她走向一位独自坐着的年轻人，并邀他共舞。
19. Living it up! Sitting there like a teen-aged wallflower at a country hop.
    坐在那儿，就像是乡村舞会上一个十几岁的墙花；
20. She spent the whole evening being a wallflower.
    她整个晚上都当壁花。
21. He danced with every wallflower in the room.
    他与屋子里所有没有舞伴的女子都跳了舞。
22. Through her experiments, your partner may discover an alternative lover who insists on a monogamous relationship. Monogamy may be a price worth paying, given that she is currently dating "an awkward wallflower of unremarkable appearance".
    鉴于她目前约会的对象是“一个貌不惊人、笨手笨脚、总是站在角落的家伙”，与新情人建立一对一的关系，对她来说或许是值得的。
23. We all know some drop-dead beautiful person married to an unusually plain wallflower.
    我们都知道一些特别美丽的人和非常平常普通的人结婚。
24. I was always a wallflower in high school. I never liked to dance in front of people.
    高中时我总是当壁花，我从来就不喜欢在人前跳舞。
25. Until now the country has been a wallflower and it is about time it put on its pumps.
    直到现在这个国家一直是个局外人，现在到了它发挥作用的时候了。
26. Harder to crack are the jack the lad, the ice queen, the wallflower and the gossip.
    酷哥、冰美人、壁花与闲聊女则不容易对付；
27. I could n't risk being a wallflower just waiting on you two.
    我哪能冒险在一边等着，等着专门伺候你们两位呀？

noun

1. remains on sidelines at social event

2. perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange

   Synonym:    Cheiranthus cheiriErysimum cheiri

3. any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers